Book love

First sentences that have stolen my soul:

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” —The Hobbit(J.R.R. Tolkien)

“Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.” —Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone(J.K. Rowling)

“Three children lay on the rocks at the water’s edge.” —Daughter of the Forest(Juliet Marillier)

“I was the youngest of three daughters.” —Beauty(Robin McKinley)

“The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don’t got nothing much to say.” —The Knife of Never Letting Go(Patrick Ness) 

“Winter bites hard in Rogaland.” —Wolfskin(Juliet Marillier)

“When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold.” —The Hunger Games(Suzanne Collins)

“When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.” —The Lord of the Rings(J.R.R. Tolkien)

“My mother knew every tale that was ever told by the firesides of Erin, and more besides.” —Son of the Shadows(Juliet Marillier) 

“The Sisters would like to see you in their chambers, Miss Gray.” —Clockwork Angel(Cassandra Clare)

“The monster showed up just after midnight.” —A Monster Calls(Patrick Ness)

“Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped at the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book”, thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?” —Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland(Lewis Carroll)

“Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.”— The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe(C. S. Lewis)